Even in an era of big data, ETL is here to stay. However, we must recognize that Hadoop is forever changing the approach and the economics of data integration.
Hawq, Data Dispatch, and GemFire XD are just a few of the DM-related products Pivotal delivered in 2013 for its Pivotal HD Hadoop distribution.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- January 7, 2014
Technology delivery is no longer the problem, says industry watcher and TDWI faculty member Jill Dyché. Now organizations are examining their organization's structure. Dyché takes a look at what this means for IT's future and why IT must change.
- By James E. Powell
- January 7, 2014
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) promises benefits such as great innovation, better work/life balance, and improved productivity. With employees taking devices outside corporate premises, the consumerization of IT has created security issues in increasing issues on IT to manage and secure devices and data. Vodafone Group Enterprise’s Robert Daniels, the head of management and security, talks about this very issue.
To compete effectively in an era in which advantages are ephemeral, companies need to move beyond
historical, rear-view understandings of business performance and customer behavior and become
more proactive. The solution is predictive analytics.
- By Fern Halper, Ph.D.
- December 20, 2013
TDWI research director David Stodder looks at a trio of emerging technology trends he believes will have a significant impact on technology implementation.
- By David Stodder
- December 17, 2013
To the extent that Hadoop is tapped as an all-purpose landing zone and staging area for enterprise data, it likewise becomes -- by default -- a logical platform for data preparation and transformation.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- December 17, 2013
Analyst Mike Schiff looks back at the accuracy of his 2013 predictions and offers a short list of trends to watch in 2014.
- By Mike Schiff
- December 17, 2013